Seed Traffic Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Seed Traffic Act |
| Abbreviation: | SaatG, SaatVerkG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Agricultural law |
| References : | 7822-6 |
| Original version from: | August 20, 1985 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1633 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 24, 1985 |
| New announcement from: | July 16, 2004 ( BGBl. I p. 1673 ) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 1 G of December 20, 2016 ( BGBl. I p. 3041 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
December 24, 2016 (Art. 3 G of December 20, 2016) |
| GESTA : | F030 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Seed Traffic Act (SaatG) regulates the "placing on the market" of seeds and propagation material and thus regulates the possibilities of agriculture and horticulture. The Bundessortenamt is responsible . The law is implemented in the Seed Ordinance, among other things .
Seed categories
A distinction is made between the following seed categories:
- Behelfssaatgut must (according to §14 saatverkg) be dimensionally genuine;
- Pre-basic seed of advance gege Henden to basic seed generation comes;
- Basic seed of the breeder (preliminary stage for certified seed), it must also be recognized prior to sale;
- Certified seed is entered in the variety lists, officially checked (field inspection) and recognized before sale ( certificate and seal ).
Web links
- Seed Traffic Act
- Fees of the Bundessortenamt (pdf; 925 kB) , accessed on February 5, 2010
